Time-lapse photography has always been an interest of mine. Time-lapse photography consists of taking numerous still images to create a video clip. Now, you might ask, “Why not just use a video camera?” Well, video camera’s cannot create 30 second, single frame exposures. In the time-lapse video above, it took 1,100 images with each of them having 35 seconds of exposure (the shutter was open for 35 seconds for each image). That means that this video took around 10.5 hours of exposure. Once I had all these images, it was time to make the movie. Normally, movies use around 24 frames per second. This means, the human eye sees 24 frames per second. That’s 24 images per second that you are seeing in my video above; hence why it takes so many images to make up a small video clip.

228 Responses to Wiser for the Time

younsu-kimNovember 20, 2012

OMG!! What a wonderful and great work you’ve dome! just Thank you to let me watch this amazing video. your working makes everyone so much happy and inspired. now on I hope that you are gonna make a success of work like this!! Thanks again~~ 🙂

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This Christmas I sent your link about time-lapse photography to wish Merry Christmas to my friends. All of them loved it. Thank you for your wonderful post (and the fantastic blog)! Greetings from Spain and Merry Christmas for you too Mariahttp://lacasavictoriana.wordpress.com

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Incredible. I felt dizzy just watching that. Thank goodness we don’t actually see the stars like that – it would seriously mess with our equilibrium. Thank you for sharing your photos. 🙂 -Jenhttp://sasfiction.wordpress.com

Wow! seems to be the word most people use to describe your video. Amazing and by watching, I’m really beginning to question my ideas concerning whether or not there is a God. Seems difficult to think there isn’t a Creator who designed this all.

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[…] Time-lapse photography has always been an interest of mine. Time-lapse photography consists of taking numerous still images to create a video clip. Now, you might ask, "Why not just use a video camera?" Well, video camera's cannot create 30 second, single frame exposures. In the time-lapse video above, it took 1,100 images with each of them having 35 seconds of exposure (the shutter was open … Read More […]

Of course I would! I would never leave equipment unattended in a public area. In this location, I was on a private farm and would check on the camera every 30 minutes. Thank you for commenting and so glad you enjoyed!

[…] Time-lapse photography has always been an interest of mine. Time-lapse photography consists of taking numerous still images to create a video clip. Now, you might ask, "Why not just use a video camera?" Well, video camera's cannot create 30 second, single frame exposures. In the time-lapse video above, it took 1,100 images with each of them having 35 seconds of exposure (the shutter was open … Read More […]

That is incredible. Words cannot even begin to describe the beauty in the photographs it took to put this video together, as well as the patience! LOL. But look at this amazing masterpiece you’ve created because of it. WOW!!! – that’s about all I can say.

[…] Time-lapse photography has always been an interest of mine. Time-lapse photography consists of taking numerous still images to create a video clip. Now, you might ask, "Why not just use a video camera?" Well, video camera's cannot create 30 second, single frame exposures. In the time-lapse video above, it took 1,100 images with each of them having 35 seconds of exposure (the shutter was open … Read More […]

Your photography is magnificent! So many clusters of stars in this milky way galaxy just makes one feel like being in a space auditorium. Plus the sunset colors just paints beautifully for the eyes to see. Great photographer! Nature is truly a gift to us.

My goodness… I am overwhelmed by all of your comments, likes, emails, everything… I just want to thank ALL of you for your kind words and interest in my work. I’m so glad you enjoyed this little one minute video as much as I did. Please feel free to shoot me an email with any questions you might have about the time-lapse. Don’t forget you can follow me on Facebook or fill out a subscription at the top.

We live in a big city so we almost never see the stars (we even have special extra-safety extra-bright streetlights that flood the whole neighbourhood in eerie white light) so it’s amazing to see through this film how many stars we’re actually missing out on!

[…] Time-lapse photography has always been an interest of mine. Time-lapse photography consists of taking numerous still images to create a video clip. Now, you might ask, "Why not just use a video camera?" Well, video camera's cannot create 30 second, single frame exposures. In the time-lapse video above, it took 1,100 images with each of them having 35 seconds of exposure (the shutter was open … Read More […]

[…] Time-lapse Photography of the Milky Way (via Goldpaint Photography) By Chico SEO Time-lapse photography has always been an interest of mine. Time-lapse photography consists of taking numerous still images to create a video clip. Now, you might ask, "Why not just use a video camera?" Well, video camera's cannot create 30 second, single frame exposures. In the time-lapse video above, it took 1,100 images with each of them having 35 seconds of exposure (the shutter was open … Read More […]

[…] Enjoy this brief but amazing video! Time-lapse photography has always been an interest of mine. Time-lapse photography consists of taking numerous still images to create a video clip. Now, you might ask, “Why not just use a video camera?” Well, video camera’s cannot create 30 second, single frame exposures. In the time-lapse video above, it took 1,100 images with each of them having 35 seconds of exposure (the shutter was open … Read More […]

[…] Time-lapse photography has always been an interest of mine. Time-lapse photography consists of taking numerous still images to create a video clip. Now, you might ask, "Why not just use a video camera?" Well, video camera's cannot create 30 second, single frame exposures. In the time-lapse video above, it took 1,100 images with each of them having 35 seconds of exposure (the shutter was open … Read More […]

I really cannot believe how beautiful that video is…I cant get over it..it has to be the most beautiful thing i have ever seen in my life. You are soo talented!! I hope you dont mind if i repost this on my blog?

[…] Time-lapse photography has always been an interest of mine. Time-lapse photography consists of taking numerous still images to create a video clip. Now, you might ask, "Why not just use a video camera?" Well, video camera's cannot create 30 second, single frame exposures. In the time-lapse video above, it took 1,100 images with each of them having 35 seconds of exposure (the shutter was open … Read More […]

[…] page that, especially when viewed large, just makes one want to bow down to Allah. It’s a time-lapse photograph/video of the Milky Way. You see the stars sparkling like sugar up there, and stars streaking across the sky, and the sky […]

[…] Time-lapse photography has always been an interest of mine. Time-lapse photography consists of taking numerous still images to create a video clip. Now, you might ask, "Why not just use a video camera?" Well, video camera's cannot create 30 second, single frame exposures. In the time-lapse video above, it took 1,100 images with each of them having 35 seconds of exposure (the shutter was open … Read More […]

Amazing – when I look at the Milky Way in your video, it doesn’t feel like it’s rotating around us (like how it typically appears), but that we are rotating around it. One of those ‘wow’ moments that makes us realize how small we are.

[…] Time-lapse Photography of the Milky Way (via Goldpaint Photography) Posted on December 13, 2010 by Stephen Don’t know how I found this. Don’t really care. It’s a fun video of time-lapse photography. Anyone else motivated to go spend 10 1/2 hours one night with a tripod in the wild? I know I am. Time-lapse photography has always been an interest of mine. Time-lapse photography consists of taking numerous still images to create a video clip. Now, you might ask, “Why not just use a video camera?” Well, video camera’s cannot create 30 second, single frame exposures. In the time-lapse video above, it took 1,100 images with each of them having 35 seconds of exposure (the shutter was open … Read More […]

The time-lapse videos are absolutely amazing! I was thinking of using time-lapse for my university project, you’ve made my mind up! Stunning. I’ve tried stills at night but cant escape the light pollution, need a clear night!

[…] Time-lapse Photography of the Milky Way (via Goldpaint Photography) December 13, 2010 Filed under: Uncategorized — gracieabigael @ 16:00 Time-lapse photography has always been an interest of mine. Time-lapse photography consists of taking numerous still images to create a video clip. Now, you might ask, "Why not just use a video camera?" Well, video camera's cannot create 30 second, single frame exposures. In the time-lapse video above, it took 1,100 images with each of them having 35 seconds of exposure (the shutter was open … Read More […]

That is exactly the sensation I got – for the first time in my experience, I really felt as though WE were moving, and the universe seemed vast and solid in comparison. Thank you for giving me (and many of us) that moment!

Oh my gosh…this is one of the most impressive and beautiful things I have seen in a long time. If you don’t mind, I may re-post this on my blog. I am really in awe of your video…this was very deserving of a FP status…congrats, and happy holidays!

*gasp* that took my breath away! The northern lights is one of the things I have been dying to see but lack the good fortune to actually witness it on-site. Thanks for spending all that effort to photograph this and sharing with all of us!

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It’s daunting and refreshing to think that this incredible play of light and shape and color happens over our heads each night while we wheeze peacefully and drool on our pillows. I am wondering why it seems like at first the Milky Way is moving in one direction (ie Earth is spinning in one direction) and then, after a balckout or a lightout, it starts spinning in the other direction? Do you just change the location of the camera? Thank you for sharing this bit of magic!

Thank you for your comment, Anya. It’s actually just a rewind of the previous clip. I chose to do this ‘rewind’ with an increase of frame rate to show a replay of the orbit. I guess we could just call it a fancy, confusing special effect. Glad you enjoyed!

Excellent work. Tedious to shoot I am sure. I really liked how you used the sunrises to transition to your next shot. It really gets lost just how long you were in the field to shoot all those photos. Any chance you were able to automate your D700 so that you could sleep while it fired away?

Thank you for commenting Greg. You are on the right track. I used the MC-36 Multi-Function Remote Cord which acts as an intervalometer. The tricky part that you have to be aware of is the time it takes for the camera to process the image before taking the next one. Also, animals are always interested in devices that makes weird noises. Guard thy camera!

Well, if you watched every single frame of 1,100 images at one frame per second, it would take you a long time to get through it. If it were at 8 frames per second, it would look very choppy and would not have a consistent flow to it like watching a movie. This why I chose to put it at 24 frames per second, which is the normal frame rate that you see in movies. Does that make sense?

[…] Time-lapse photography has always been an interest of mine. Time-lapse photography consists of taking numerous still images to create a video clip. Now, you might ask, "Why not just use a video camera?" Well, video camera's cannot create 30 second, single frame exposures. In the time-lapse video above, it took 1,100 images with each of them having 35 seconds of exposure (the shutter was open … Read More […]

We are the transatlantic diablog. We present trends, topics and trivia from both sides of the Atlantic and really like this blog. Amazing work. Not just this recent post about time-lapse-photography, but also the photo taken at the Joshua Tree National Park in California…

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